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GAP AHEAD

GAP

I apologize for the poor quality of the previous two images. It is difficult to take photographs at night (or any other time, for that matter) on the Pulaski when bicyclists are coming at you— at high speed— from both directions. One safety-helmeted lass (riding like a bat out of hell— clearly her own safety and getting to Brooklyn was all she cared about) was kind enough to shout at my mother-in-law (who is visiting our fair city) to get out of her way.

On a lighter note we were provided live entertainment in the way of a NYPD speedtrap cunningly laid in place on the Brooklyn side of the Pulaski. From our eagle-eye view we watched New York’s Finest ticket two people in the course of (maybe) three minutes.

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rheingold on
Sat, 3rd Oct 2009 1:59 am

Makes you wonder how lovers ever managed to set their ardor to lyric before Sharpies and the word “fucking” were invented. Who knew the Pulaski Bridge could bring about a new-found appreciation for the Romantic Poets.

Pulaski Bridge romance: I’ve caught a number of people making out there over the years.

How they can “get it on” with the roar of traffic and occasional “creek reek” is beyond me. Or maybe that is the attraction? In any case, it belongs in a John Waters film.

rheingold on
Sat, 3rd Oct 2009 2:34 am

The Greenpoint Avenue Bridge has its romance too. Lovers could feel the earth move under their feet, regardless of it’s because a giant BQE-bound truck is rumbling over one of the bridge’s more unstable sections. The willing suspension of disbelief is vital to literature and life, posited Coleridge. I think he was from Greenpoint.

This, from the Wikipedia entry on Rime Of The Ancient Mariner in popular culture:
“The theme song of Gilligan’s Island, the popular 1960s sitcom following the story of a shipwrecked pleasure boat’s passengers, was written with the same meter and rhyme scheme as the poem.”

Yes, but the peeps on Gilligan’s Island didn’t have Sharpies, paint pens, spray paint or f-bombs. Had they employed any combination of the previous I would have liked the show alot more!

Diamond Joe on
Mon, 5th Oct 2009 10:15 am

I disagree with your reading of this handwriting. I believe the message says “Dude, you fucking ROWED my world.Good luck in the future, <3 Chelsea". Obviously the duo had an enchanting rowboat ride along the canal that must have concluded with a magical romantic catharsis right there on the bridge. Classy. Date.

I assume then Chelsea's suitor, after rowing her world, then attempted to row him/herself home on the canal, which is why Chelsea felt the need to wish them good luck in the future.

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